Family / house

Noel of Dalby and Brooke; Harington of Exton; Sidney of Penshurst; Noel of Campden

Family / cadet branch

Noel of Dalby and Brooke through marriage to Harington of Exton

Armiger / bearer

Mabel Harington, wife of Sir Andrew Noel

Entity type

individual

Social rank / class

armigerous_gentry

Heraldic authority

Harington pedigree and Old Dalby funerary evidence

Record basis

ancient_usage

Issued / first recorded

c.1577

Until / superseded

1603

Historical period

Elizabethan period

Blazon

Or, fretty Gules, a canton Ermine, in matrimonial association with the Harington arms.

Plain-English description

The Noel shield of a gold field with red lattice and white ermine canton, displayed alongside the Harington paternal arms in a matrimonial context.

Tinctures

Or; Gules; Ermine

Charges / ordinaries

fretty; canton; ermine spots

Crest

The Noel buck crest is associated with the monument; Mabel's separate maternal-line crest has not been normalized.

Motto

TOUT BIEN OU RIEN

Exterior ornaments

Funerary effigy and tomb-chest display; the Old Dalby monument includes Noel single, impaled and quartered arrangements.

Difference / variant

Mabel's marriage transmitted the Harington of Exton and Sidney connection into the Dalby-Brooke Noel family. The Old Dalby monument is a primary visual witness to the Noel side of the matrimonial display, though the complete Harington blazon is not normalized here.

Source reference

Old Dalby Noel monument

Linked historical person

Mabel Harington

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Sir James Harington of Exton

Mother

Lucy Sidney, daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst

Spouse(s)

Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke

Children / next generation

Edward Noel; Charles Noel; Arthur Noel; Alexander Noel; Lucy Noel; Theodosia Noel; Elizabeth Noel

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources